Kjerringøy Church

Kjerringøy Church (Norwegian: Kjerringøy kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bodø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kjerringøy. It is one of the two churches for the Kjerringøy og Rønvik parish which is part of the Bodø domprosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1883 using plans drawn up by the architect J. E. Olsen. The church seats about 300 people and it has one worship service every three weeks.[1][2]

Kjerringøy Church
Kjerringøy kirke
View of the church
67.5188622°N 14.7587463°E / 67.5188622; 14.7587463
LocationBodø, Nordland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded14th century
Consecrated1883
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)J. E. Olsen
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1883 (1883)
Specifications
Capacity300
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseSør-Hålogaland
DeaneryBodø domprosti
ParishKjerringøy og Rønvik
TypeChurch
StatusListed
ID84783

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1589, but the church was not built that year. It may have been built in the 14th or 15th century. In 1763, records show that an old church building was torn down in Kjerringøy and those records show that that church had been built by the residents from "time immemorial". After that, a new timber church was built that had a long church design with a choir and sacristy in the east. There is an existing photograph of this building from around 1860. The nave of this building measured approximately 11 by 6 metres (36 ft × 20 ft) and it had a small tower on the roof on the west end. In 1883, the church was torn down and replaced with the present building.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Kjerringøy kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  3. "Kjerringøy kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 3 November 2018.

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